* A PORTION OF NORTH AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS... JEMEZ MOUNTAINS... SAN FRANCISCO RIVER VALLEY... SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS... MAINLY OVER BURN SCARRED AREAS.

The National Weather Service has issued the following special weather statement:

THE RECENT PERIOD OF ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND GENERALLY DRY WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL END WEDNESDAY AS THE REMNANTS OF AN EASTERLY WAVE USHER A SURGE OF MONSOON MOISTURE NORTHWARD THROUGH ARIZONA... AS WELL AS CENTRAL AND WESTERN NEW MEXICO.

ONCE THE MOISTURE ARRIVES... SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL KEEP IT IN PLACE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WORK WEEK AND POSSIBLY INTO THE WEEKEND. DAILY ROUNDS OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE TO NUMEROUS AT TIMES IN THE MOUNTAINS AND NEAR NEW MEXICO'S WESTERN BORDER.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department says GlaxoSmithKline will pay $3 billion and plead guilty to promoting two popular drugs for unapproved uses and to failing to report important safety data about a diabetes drug to the Food and Drug Administration.

Government officials say it's the largest health care fraud settlement in U.S. history.

There has been a spike in bicycle and vehicle collisions this year with three since April, Foster said. And there have been a number of near misses, Spencer added.

The group was trying to find ways to reduce such collisions.

Foster said the most dangerous area seems to be Diamond Drive between Sandia and the bridge. There are numerous entrances into parking lots that are not at intersections and those create the potential for bike/car collisions, Foster said.

AT 218 PM MDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT HEAVY RAIN DIMINISHED OVER CENTRAL PARTS OF THE LAS CONCHAS BURN SCAR. HOWEVER... NEARLY AN INCH OF RAIN WAS ESTIMATED TO HAVE FALLEN OVER THE UPPER FRIJOLES CANYON AND COCHITI MESA EARLIER IN THE AFTERNOON. IT CAN TAKE THIS RUN OFF FROM 1.5 TO 3 HOURS TO FLOW DOWNSTREAM TO THE RIO GRANDE. A RAPID AND DANGEROUS RISE IN WATER LEVELS IS EXPECTED IN LOWER PORTIONS OF BLAND CANYON AND FRIJOLES CANYON AT ANY TIME.

Both accused child rapist Stephen Geisik and alleged child abuser Tyrell Abney both pled not guilty in their first appearance in District Court Wednesday.

Geisik, 21, is charged with five counts of criminal sexual penetration of a minor under age 13 — a first-degree felony; and two counts of contributing the delinquency of a minor — a fourth-degree felony.

Abney, 20, is charged with child abuse resulting in great bodily harm – a first-degree felony.

Both cases were bound over from Los Alamos Magistrate Court to District Court earlier this month.

Police Beat items are compiled from public information contained in Los Alamos Police Department Records. Charges or citations listed in Police Beat do not imply innocence or guilt. The Los Alamos Police Department uses the term “arrest” to define anyone who has been physically arrested, served a court summons, or issued a citation.

June 14

2:51 p.m. ­— A 45-year-old female Los Alamos caller reported cell phone theft. The phone was valued at $252. It was later recovered. Charges are pending.

June 15

1:06 p.m. — The Los Alamos National Laboratory reported that a tire had been stolen off a trailer at Technical Area 60. The estimated loss is $70.

Los Alamos Dept. of Public Utilities reports that North Mesa customers were subjected to a power outage Tuesday afternoon. Some callers to the Los Alamos Monitor reported that power went down for more than two hours.

It is worth noting that the reason the outage went longer than initially anticipated is associated with the nature of the line contact, a spokesperson for the DPU said. The digging contractor was using a high pressure hose and vacuum which both exposed and breached one wire of a three phase direct bury electric line.

Police Beat items are compiled from public information contained in Los Alamos Police Department Records. Charges or citations listed in Police Beat do not imply innocence or guilt. The Los Alamos Police Department uses the term “arrest” to define anyone who has been physically arrested, served a court summons, or issued a citation.

June 7

7:30 a.m. - Cory Kershner, 23, of Los Alamos, was arrested for criminal damage to property valued at less than $1,000.